Everyone has a story to tell and most of us quite naturally want our stories to be heard. So for me last week’s march was no surprise. Nor were the numbers of those who took part. Whether we like it o...
It’s ironic really. One party complains about criticism levelled by the other and invariably replies in kind, whether by style or in substance, or both, touching of further rounds of more of the same....
Spare a thought for the Health Minister. He hasn’t been in office four months and grease balls surface on the South Shore. If that isn’t bad enough, the US Consulate issues a travel warning about swim...
A change is as good as a rest, Mr Editor, so this week a break from my usual.
Everyone wants more and few among us desire less. As a general rule I think that’s pretty true. The trouble is that it als...
The annual Budget Debate is behind us. Time to take stock. How was it for you? The debate, I mean.
Frankly, I wonder how many people bothered to listen in. Even for a period of time.
Mind you, there w...
The Bermuda Legislature is threatening to catch up to 21st century governance. I kid you not.
A Joint Select Committee (JSC) is proposing an independent commission of legislators to manage the operati...
The value of an independent, objective opinion is not to be underestimated, particularly perhaps in politics, and not withstanding if it is the work of a lawyer. No, Mr Editor, I am not thinking of my...
The politics of distraction, some call it. I am not so sure. It’s all plain politics, if you ask me: the good, the bad and the ugly.
We really shouldn’t be too surprised either. Politics is what po...
Politics will change when politicians change, one reader told me after last week’s column. He has a point. Albert Einstein put it another way: “The world as we have created it is a process of our thin...
The devil is in the detail when it comes to the Budget and the beauty of the Budget Debate is that MPs are given the time to examine Government accounts a.k.a. the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure...
